endorsedOngoing

Transportation Price Aggregation Platform

Services Covered:

Website Development

Industry

Information Technology

Duration

129 months

Budget

10K - 49K

Start Date

1 November 2015

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

78/100

Good

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Client

Redhire.com

Houston, United States of America

Project Summary

Webs Optimization developed a transportation price-aggregation platform that integrated Google Maps and implemented dynamic pricing algorithms to provide real-time quotes. The vendor delivered a minimum viable product within three months and continued iterative development of booking features. The engagement is ongoing; the offshore team in India provided high accessibility and communication but required more time for design work.

Key Challenges

Need to build a reliable price-aggregating system after multiple failed vendors
Capturing industry-specific costs (gratuities, fuel surcharges, tolls) and encoding them into accurate pricing algorithms
Offshore team required time to understand niche limo charter/tour industry nuances

Project Deliverables

Price aggregation tool
Google Maps integration
Pricing algorithms and mathematical rules
Dynamic quoting system
Hour booking and point-to-point booking features
API integration (planned) and mobile responsiveness (planned)

Project Solution

The vendor built a web-based price-aggregation system that consolidated pricing structures, integrated Google Maps, and implemented algorithms and mathematical rules to calculate dynamic quotes. The team developed features such as hour booking and point-to-point booking, used PHP/CodeIgniter, Angular and JavaScript in development, and employed AI tools to monitor industry pricing. They planned API integrations and mobile-responsive / mobile app expansion for distribution to affiliates.

Project Outcome

An MVP was delivered within three months of engagement
The product demonstrates traction and functioning pricing/booking features, with user acquisition identified as the next step
Improved development velocity and communication through Slack, Trello and regular check-ins

Platforms

Web
Mobile
API/Integration Platform

Tech Stack

Angular
JavaScript

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“An MVP was successfully developed after false starts with other firms. Webs Optimization was highly-accessible and had no problems dealing with time and language differences. Although they struggled with design requirements, they’re flexible skills allowed them to provide many innovative features.”
Mighty Inyang
CEO
Date: 05/21/2018